Soccer without borders
Subtitle: Jürgen Klinsmann, coaching the U.S. men's national soccer team, and the quest for the World Cup
By: Erik Kirschbaum
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781250098313
Subjects: Soccer coaches; World Cup (Soccer); Soccer teams; Soccer; Biography
Description: In Soccer Without Borders, journalist Erik Kirschbaum lays out Klinsmann's vision for making the U.S. men's soccer team a dominant world power for the first time in its history. Featuring fascinating insights gleaned from Klinsmann's decades of dedicated study - both as a professional striker and as coach of the German national team - this book is an immersive and unparalleled road map for how to build a winning team in the most competitive professional sport on the globe.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The early years. Starting out ; German attitude ; Moving up ; Stuttgarter kickers ; School or soccer? ; Maiden voyage to America; title: Germany, Italy, Monaco, and England. Breaking into the Bundesliga ; Five goals ; The goal that got him noticed ; Debut against Brazil ; Move to Italy ; Winning the World Cup ; Strong in Sweden ; Milan to Monaco ; World Cup in the USA ; Change of pace in London ; Back in Germany ; Winning the Euro in England ; Final World Cup; title: The German revolution. A job others wouldn't touch ; Barbecue brainstorming ; No time to waste ; New style ; "Made in America" for Germany ; Confed Cup ; Critics come out ; American-style patriotism ; Time to move on ; Right time, right place; title: FC Bayern Munich. A different view of Bayern Munich; title: The rise of soccer in the United States. A vision for soccer in America ; Lay of the land ; Connecting the dots ; Competitive intensity ; Best college soccer in the world ; The passion of college sports ; Landon Donovan ; Experience in Europe ; Why so few Americans in Europe? ; How U.S. skiers won by going to Europe ; Friendly fire ; American anomalies ; Ten-point plan.